I was wandering around the isles of a favorite store the other night just browsing all of the darling Christmas decorations, gifts— everything that would make for a perfect Holiday season… but would it? Does having all of the shiny new things that we want REALLY make us happy? With all of the commercialization of […]

Be sure to read “SIMPLICITY PART 1” HERE. One year ago, I sat in a regional conference meeting and listed to this amazing talk by Elder Lynn G. Robbins. My husband and I kept making eye contact across our sea of children every now and then whispering, “Yeah!” or “Wow!” Elder Robbins words hit us […]

I have always been a morning person, ready to greet the day before the sun comes up— chipper, happy, and ready to go! But to be honest, all of this winter weather in my new found home of Salt Lake City is really testing me! My bed is way too warm and cozy and it […]

Mornings are pivotal and can set the tone for the whole day. At our house, we have had our share of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days! And we still have hard days, but we have also discovered some things that help us keep a happy mood in the morning so that everyone walks […]

There are three things that I absolutely LOVE about this soup. It is a HEALTHY soup that tastes AMAZING. It is EASY to make and warms your belly perfectly on a cold fall or winter day. AND believe it or not, because of this soup, I can get my kids to eat BRUSSELL SPROUTS! (…and […]

I came across this yummy recipe HERE a while back, made some modifications, and my family absolutely loves it. Most especially my little one year old! I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for pumpkin anything, fall days, crisp air and holidays! So the combination is amazing! With so much yummy food around […]

Halloween is so much fun with kids! I have so many fond memories growing up of bringing home massive pillowcases full of candy, and eating until I was sick… every day… for DAYS after! Until I had eaten all of the good candy, the rest went stale, and I eventually threw the rest away. When […]

If you visit the world of social media from time to time i.e.: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, SnapChat, etc. You may have noticed by now that there are a lot of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on there, otherwise known as Mormons. They use hashtags like: #ShareGoodness #HappySunday (with the […]

  I was on a run recently with some friends. We were running along the St. George Marathon road surrounded by views you could hardly dream up. The light of the early morning was playing on the red and white sandstone above large beds of  black lava rock. We were passing the entrance of Snow Canyon […]

  In honor of National Running Day, I wanted to share a favorite #PonderRun (to find out what a #PonderRun is, check out a recent instagram post below  ). This address by Joseph Wirthlin brings the Marathon called “Life” into perspective for me. My faith in God, my family, and running has been my perfect […]

{Voting Closed} Congratulations to our winners Tamara Clause (#6) and Melissa Solomon (#11)!  Start your training, St. George Marathon here you come! Wow, like, WOW!!!—- We cannot believe the outpouring of AMAZING stories that have been shared! So incredible, inspiring, awful, haha everything! Thank you so much to everyone who participated!!! We really wish that […]

You may know that we love running marathons by now 😉 and if there is one that is near and dear to our hearts… one that we get a little sentimental about, it is the historic ST. GEORGE MARATHON! MarathonMomma.com is so excited to be partnering with this phenomenal race in it’s 40th year to […]